Life

Life has been busy, complicated, tiring, crazy, changing and full. And for all those reasons I haven't blogged, even though my sister keeps bugging me to! So, I've decided even though I don't have any video to put up I will still post some updates. Here goes.

LIFE HAS BEEN -

Busy: We (the girls and I) have been trying to stay active and do a lot of things now that it's getting colder and it's not fun to stay inside all the time. We have story time at the library on Tuesdays, we pack a lunch and go to the indoor playground on Wednesdays and Bible study on Thursdays. Also, I've been tutoring almost every night from 8-12 keeping us all very busy with little time to just rest. It has been fun though and the girls have much better attitudes when our days are filled with activities.

Complicated: Life has been getting somewhat complicated now that Landyn is getting older and the girls are beginning to fight. It's a struggle every parent has I'm sure, wondering how to punish, what to punish, what to ignore, how to encourage sharing, how to stay patient as a parent...etc. It's left for a lot of discussions between Wayne and I, trying to figure things out. One minute the girls are at each others throats and the next minute they're best friends! We're figuring it out the best we can but we have our frustrating and complicated moments.

Tiring: Wayne and I have been doing a lot of work with school. Our first 8-week term just finished meaning we have one class down, one to go. It has kept our schedule full, spending much of what would be free time on class. This past week Wayne had a paper due which kept him up until at least 4 am every night!

Crazy: As stated in the busy category, we've been going non-stop recently. Not only at home but traveling. That has made life not only busy but crazy. In the last month we (again, just the girls and I) went home to NY twice, once for the passing of a dear friend and once for fall break as well as a short weekend trip to Richmond about a month ago with Wayne too. What makes it crazy is that I've been doing all the driving and one of the trips to NY was all by myself. I was packed with tons of candy and caffeinated drinks to keep me awake. The girls were great and the trip was really smooth but I couldn't believe I did it all by myself.

Changing: The changing has been mostly with Landyn although some with Jordyn as well. Landyn has been walking for a few weeks now, about 3-4 steps at a time although we couldn't really get her to do it for show. Then this past week she just decided she really liked walking. She's now running, doing up to 10 steps at a time and just loving it. It's so fun to see how much she enjoys walking and how much Jordyn loves to watch and cheer for her. She also loves to blow kisses, clap when we say good girl and she is always waving at people. I will have to put up some video of her dancing, which she does on request and it is very adorable. Jordyn is also changing and growing incredibly. She is learning her abc's and can identify many of the letters as well as sing the abc song. She knows how to spell her entire first name and is really quite good at it! She's also beginning to branch out. Since finding a new church and spending time at Bible study and story time she's growing more accustomed to children her own age and learning how to interact and not always be so shy. It's very encouraging for me to see her personality not so afraid to come out and play!

Full: My heart has just been full and excited about all that has been going on. Our girls are growing up, beautifully if I might add, and I am just so proud of them as they learn manners and how to obey. I have been making some new friendships and really been able to grow them. God has led us to a new church that we really enjoy and being a part of the Bible study has really allowed me to get to know some women as well as my girls to make some friends. God has really provided for us and we are both so thankful!